I've posted most (all but 5) in the 'Photo of the Day' sticky, but I thought I'd just throw them all here for those who might've missed them and do like planes whizzing about. T-6/SNJ-5 Texan trainer aircraft in USMC VMT-2 markings, piloted by John Collver. Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior Being C-17A Globemaster Being F/A-18F Super Hornet Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk flying with the US Navy's HSM-41 Maritime Strike Squadron in the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) role: Antonov An-2 - the world's largest single-engined biplane. Also the world's longest-produced aircraft until being recently surpassed by the C-130 Hercules: Antonov An-2 on the ground: USMC CH-46E Sea Knight: Supercharged aircraft tug: RCAF CF-18A Hornet, from No. 410 Sqn "Cougars": Allegiant Air MD-83 taking off: Royal Canadian Air Force No. 410 Sqn "Cougars" CF-18A Hornet: US Navy VFA-122 "Flying Eagles" F/A-18F Super Hornet: Antonov An-2 (again). This one illustrates the size, because that's a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk next to it: Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior taxiing to the runway: MiG-21 PF Fishbed: Looking at the rear of the MiG-21, into the Tumansky R-11 turbojet: F/A-18F taking off: F/A-18F retracting it's gear only a few feet off the ground: F/A-18F making it's first low pass: F/A-18F pulling left after pass #1, making vapes. Afterburners lit: F/A-18F making a dirty pass: Pulling in the gear: And finally punching it a second time: They're all clickable to enlarge.
Hmmmm Hornet (*drools*). Pity we don't have many airshows (if we even have any) in Spain... Besides they wouldn't be as spectacular.
Thanks. I think that's m favorite shot too Yeah, they had a de Havilland Canada CT-142 (Bombardier Dash 8) there too, which I failed to get a shot of. Believe me, it wasn't a great show. RIAT, Farnborough, Paris, MAKS, even Aero India - those are great shows. Thank you!
Fantastic picture. Although shots like this are the only time I ever wish there was cloud at an airshow, so you could see the heat haze instead of just clear blue sky...
Looks like it was pretty good though. 100% agree about RIAT - Best. Airshow. Ever. Even better now I live nearer and don't have to get up at 4am to get there. Took less than 30 minutes to get there and parked this year Edit: Whoops, meant to edit this into my previous post, not add a new one... Edit2: While I'm here, might as well add a shameless plug for my RIAT photos - RIAT 2010
I know, would've looked quite cool with a few wispy clouds hanging around. We never get that sort of weather here - it's either clear blue skies or dull overcast crap. We had a grand total of one jet. That's "not good" in my book. Not that I'm complaining, mind - it had been about 2 years since my last air show and I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms (making jet noises while driving very fast, pretending to be a dive bomber while swimming and so on). Your album pretty much hammers home the reason why RIAT is the best show ever - Patrouille Suisse, Red Arrows, VULCAN, more jets than I have fingers and toes and clouds (for the heat haze ).
